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Pet stores in Webster County, IA

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for pet stores in Webster County, IA, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 4.

Listings
4
1 chain location (25%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$11.8M
On pets · $766 a household
Spending per listing
$2.9M
35% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
2.6
30% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
36,838
−0.4% since 2020

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What this means

Map listings as of September 2026 show 4 pet stores in Webster County. That comes to 2.6 for every 10,000 households, 30% above the U.S. rate of 2.0.

Household spending on pets in Webster County comes to about $11.8M a year: $766 per household, 16% below the U.S. average. Spread across 4 pet stores, that is $2.9M per store, 35% below the U.S. figure of $4.5M. That spending covers all pets, which pet stores share with other businesses in the trade.

There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as pet and pet supplies stores in Webster County: counts under 3 aren’t published.

Population estimates show Webster County declined 0.4% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 4 pet stores on map listings, Webster County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Webster County compares

The same measures for Iowa and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all pets by the pet stores counted, so it measures the demand for each competitor, not any business’s revenue. Households per establishment does the same with the official count.

Pet stores in Webster County, IA compared with Iowa and the U.S.
MeasureWebster CountyIowaU.S.
Listings per 10k households2.61.92.0
Spending per listing$2.9M$4.4M$4.5M
Households per official establishmentn/a16,86813,024
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+5.4%−1.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025−0.4%+1.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on pets$766$843$909
Median household income$68,975$75,059$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored54

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
n/a
Employees, 2023
n/a
Annual payroll, 2023
n/a
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
41 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
3The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
0
Amount
$0

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as pet and pet supplies stores in Webster County, through June 2026, placed by the borrower’s ZIP code. Official establishments are businesses with payroll; the official counts leave out places with fewer than 3.

Population and households in Webster County

Population, 2025 estimate
36,838−0.4% since 2020
Households
15,375
Median age
39.6
Homes lived in by their owners
70%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
716 sq. mi.
People per square mile
52
Median household income
$68,975+45.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$83,997
Median home value
$153,800
Jobs located here
17,395
Daytime population
38,670Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Pet stores across Iowa

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The highest-scoring counties in Iowa for pet stores, numbered among those based in Iowa, with Webster County marked.

Top counties in Iowa

Counties in Iowa ranked for pet stores by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Dallas County, IA9461.4$7.5M+17.8%#1 of 974
2Johnson County, IA70101.6$5.6M+4.6%#166 of 974
3Linn County, IA70161.7$5.2M+0.7%#167 of 974
4Black Hawk County, IA6281.5$5.4M+0.4%#283 of 974
5Dubuque County, IA5971.7$5M+0.1%#332 of 974
6Scott County, IA56141.9$4.6M+0.4%#382 of 974
7Polk County, IA55432.1$4.4M+4.8%#400 of 974
8Woodbury County, IA4482.0$4.1M+0.7%#584 of 974
9Pottawattamie County, IA4482.1$3.8M−0.7%#586 of 974
10Story County, IA31123.1$2.7M+2.7%#769 of 974
Webster County, IANot scored42.6$2.9M−0.4%

Other business types in Webster County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many pet stores are in Webster County, IA?

There are 4 pet stores on map listings in Webster County as of September 2026. The listings count pet stores. No official count is published for pet and pet supplies stores in Webster County: counts under 3 are left out.

How much do households in Webster County, IA spend on pets?

About $11.8M a year, or $766 per household. That is 16% below the U.S. average (an index of 84, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 4 pet stores on map listings, it comes to $2.9M per store. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet stores. It is estimated from the incomes of the 15,375 households in Webster County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Webster County, IA compare with the U.S. for pet stores?

Webster County has 2.6 pet stores per 10,000 households, 30% above the U.S. rate of 2.0. Spending per store is $2.9M, 35% below the U.S. figure of $4.5M. At the national ratio of pet stores to household spending, Webster County would have about 3, against 4 on map listings.

How fast is Webster County, IA growing?

Population estimates put Webster County at 36,838 people in 2025, down 0.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 15,375 households. Median household income in Webster County is $68,975, 15% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 45.3%, before inflation.

What is the Groundwork market score?

The Groundwork market score runs from 0 to 100 and compares a market with others of its kind for one business type: states with states, metro areas with metro areas, small-town markets and counties with their own. It weighs household spending per competitor (35%), households per business with payroll (25%), population growth (20%) and spending power (20%), each ranked against those peers. A higher score means that, taken together, the market has more household spending and more households for each business already there, faster population growth and more spending per household than similar markets. It describes a market, not any one site or deal. Webster County has no market score for pet stores: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 4.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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